Life at Penn
Riddle
Politicians
100

If freshman step directly on this marking that is central to campus, they will fail their first midterm allegedly

What is the Compass?

100

I must be broken before I am used. What am I?

I'm an egg

100

This state representative authored a book on entrepreneurship and taught at Temple Unviersity.

Who is Chris Rabb?

200

Every spring, Penn juniors wear straw hats and carry canes to celebrate becoming seniors during this campus tradition.

What is Hey Day?

200

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

An echo
200

This New York representative recently documented her journey while undergoing the process of egg freezing.

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

300

This campus organization went fully independent from the University in 1984 when it was incorporated as a non-profit.

What is the Daily Pennsylvanian?

300

What can be found at the middle of March and April but not at the beginning or end of either?

The letter R

300

This Massachusetts senator was known for pinky swearing with young girls during the 2020 democratic primary. 

Who is Elizabeth Warren

400

The Penn Classics Department is home to this professor who was the first woman to translate the Odyssey in full into English

Who is Emily Wilson

400

There is a house, one enters it blind and comes out seeing. What is it?

A school
400

This Minnesota senator once ate a salad with a comb during a snowstorm delay to prove a point about resilience.

Who is Amy Klobuchar

500

Built at Penn in 1945, this 30-ton, room-sized machine is widely considered the world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer.

What is the ENIAC

500

What disappears as soon as you say its name?

Silence

500

This New Jersey senator ran into a burning building in 2012 to rescue his neighbor.

Who is Cory Booker

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